Friday night around 7:15, the captain of a ship belonging to thesteamboat company De Volharding (Perseverance) was between Boskoop and Waddingsveen, sailing from Leiden to Gouda, when he saw an oval-shaped fireball moving in the direction east-northeast towards west-southwest. It moved close and fell in the vicinity of the ship without exploding and remained visible there for some time.

At the same time, in the small room where the buffet was placed and the window was not completely closed, a loud blow was heard, startling the passengers in the cabin.

During an investigation, it was revealed that the buffet lamp was extinguished and two carafes and a petroleum device were thrown down. Since no one was in this small room at the time, there is supposition that a connection exists between what happened there and the fireball.

Reference for the above text is:Netherlands, Amsterdam, Het Nieuws van de Dag [News of the Day], dated 02-19-1884. The 19th was a Tuesday.

My source: Thanks to Theo Paijmans for his e-mail dated June 30, 2011.